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Time for Red Sox to move on Giancarlo Stanton

The Red Sox paid 72.5 Million for Rusney Castillo and the baseball jury is still in deliberations over the signing. The defense and prosecutors have spoken to the jury – affectionately designated “Red Sox Nation” and it may be a hung jury.

Castillo has successfully displayed his ability at every level with remarkable consistency except where it counts – at the MLB level. In 2014 defensively the Castillo that was on the field was – to be polite – “inconsistent.” Poor routes to balls in the outfield and some throws that often appeared Hanley Ramirez like.